Brendan Cowell ‘I’VE MADE IT’
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While most of us think of Brendan Cowell as an actor first and foremost, who has also written a few books and screenplays, he sees himself quite differently. “I’ve always written,” he explains to WHO.
“I started writing poems when I was 10 to make sense of the world and that’s what I see writing as – it’s something that you find yourself doing, not something that you want to break into.
“I work as a writer every day and then acting is like a dinner party you get invited to, ‘Sure, I’ll turn up! I’ll bring a bottle, can’t wait! I’ll DJ! What do you want me to do?’
“Acting is not enough. Even when you’re going well you never know when the next job is going to happen, so I work as a writer every day.”
For Cowell, 45, it’s this ability in his life right now to be creative every day that makes him feel, as far as he’s concerned, “I’ve made it. That’s all I want.”
When WHO spoke to Cowell, he was just about to head to London to begin rehearsals for at the prestigious National Theatre in the lead role of John Proctor. He says he’s honoured to take to the stage in the Olivier Theatre – “the Wimbledon of acting” – and intends to “give it my heart and my soul”. It adds to his impressive theatre credits, which include leading The Young Vic’s production of in London and the title role in the Bell Shakespeare’s 2008 production of.
